They drink and take drugs while travelling around the temporary city in suped-up "art cars" or bicycles, partying until dawn and gathering in their thousands at the ritualistic Saturday night burning of an enormous wooden man.

All cash and any whiff of commercialism is banned.

Festival-goers or "burners" form different themed camps and gift their food, drinks and skills for free, all in the name of peace and love.

Over the last few years, we have also added a fun Friday afternoon event, Madonna and Moscow Mules, where we play all of Madonna’s hits and serve Moscow Mules to the community.

I have seen so many crazy things at Burning Man that don’t faze me anymore, especially the Critical T**s parade where hundreds of women ride their bikes topless around the playa, to enjoy their freedom.

The desert is extremely dusty and you can easily get stuck in a dust storm.

In 2006 we started the AquaZone Love Water Bar, serving up water in the desert.

We did shot-glass taste tests of different waters from around the world, and wrote positive words on the blue glass bottles. We wrote words like Peace, Love, Hope, Energy, Healing, Namaste, Abundance, Verve, Whimsy, Vitality, F*** Yes, etc.

I’m a fire performer and have performed at UK festivals such as Secret Garden Party. I’ve performed before they ‘burn the man’ as part of 5,000 performers which is amazing, and people come to our camp to learn tricks.

I go without my partner – he travels a lot for business and this is my thing where I leave him behind.

There is a lot of casual sex there, but I don’t do that.

It’s all about expressing yourself and having fun. It’s an escape. There’s a real eclectic mix of people, I know a girl who was pregnant and took her toddler and one year old and I’ve met people in their 80s who have been going for years.